Athens Messenger Staff Contact Details and Roles
Established 1825 The Athens Messenger provides contact names for key editorial and production roles. Monica Nieporte as president Joe Higgins as editor Wendy Van Sickie as design editor Jeff Bunch as advertising director Ike Weiss as production manager.
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Monica Nieporte
Mnieporte
Athensmessenger
Joe Higgins
Shiggins
Wendy van Sickie
Jeff Bunch
Ike Weiss
Editorial: Gun carnage demands action after Virginia shooting
The piece links Wednesday's fatal Virginia broadcast killings to June Charleston massacre, condemns the shooter, condemns gun culture, and urges Congress and state leaders to close background-check gaps and ban high capacity magazines. It criticizes NRA influence and calls for meaningful gun law reforms to prevent future tragedies.
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Virginia
Charleston
S.C
Alison Parker
Adam Ward
Vicki Gardner
Vester Lee Flanagan II
Dylann Roof
Flanagan
Race
ABC News
Columbine
Virginia Tech
Seung Hui Cho
Terry McAuliffe
Ms. Parker
Ward
Mr. McAuliffe
National Rifle Association
Richmond
McAuliffe
Size matters in truck safety on US highways
Former American Trucking Associations executive Howard Abramson touts higher truck safety standards after data show 327 000 crashes in 2013 with nearly 4 000 deaths and 95 000 injuries. He notes long hours, log book fraud, amphetamine use, and fatigue as chronic risks while praising safety progress and potential tech monitoring, but remains skeptical about guarantees.
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Howard Abramson
New York Times
Utah Department of Transportation
Kenworth
U.S. Department of Transportation
The Roanoke Shooting and the Viral Nightmare Today
A reflection on the Roanoke WDBJ on air shooting and the modern urge for attention via live video and social media. The piece analyzes how perpetrators seek visibility, the moral costs of instant dissemination, and society’s struggle to ignore deadly acts for fear of missing out.
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WDBJ
Arthur Miller
Iva Egeos
Bozo McDumpydump
Kim Kardashian
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